Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, October 12, 1899, Image 2
HARRISON PRESS-JOURNAl OEO. D. CANON. Editor. HARRISON. - - NEBRJ LABOR'S TRIALS AIID TRIUMPHS. NEBRASKA NEWS. Tha daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N Mackin, Miss Myrtle, met with a se vere accident on Monday evening. In driving home aha was compelled to cross a bridge which had no railing or protection, and not being able to ae the way. the horse went too near the aide, upsetting the buggy and throwing Miss Myrtle to the ground, resulting in the breaking of her left arm just at the wrist and otherwise injuring hen i t ' ' Lightning struck the barn of John Ellis, two miles north of Marquette, setting it on Are, burning four bead of horses, two head of cows and two seta of harness. The fire from the bam caught the granary and burned up 600 bushels of oats and about 300 bushels of wheat and a lot of hay In stack. There was insurance on the barn and live stock, but none on the grain and hay. Roy Wilson, a 4-year-old urchin from Sioux City, he says, doesn't know where his relatives live, wandered into a saloon at Thirteenth and William streets, in Omaha, and stayed till 12 o'clock, when he became a white ele phant upon the bartender's bands. The police took him in charge, and are waiting for relatives to calL Hay don't know their names save that his cousins axe named George and Marjory. Andrew Jones, a tottering, feeble, white bearded man of "5, was picked up at the union depot in Omaha and taken to the police station to be cared for during the night. The old man says that he lives at Crystl Lake, near Lo gan, la. He took the train at Atlantic to come here to see his son-in-law and daughter, who used to work at the Nonpareil laundry, at Eighteenth and Vinton streets. He was made warm and comfortable on a cot and an at tempt made to locate his relatives. The prosecution in the John C. Wat son case caused a mild sensation at the opening of couri at Nebraska City by charging that an attempt had been made to bribe one of the jurors. Judge Ramsey devoted the forenoon to an in vestigation of the matter and overruled the motion of the prosecution to dismiss the jury upon the ground that the facts developed were not sufficient to sustain a charge of jury bribery. The court or dered that the jurors must not com municate with outsiders while the case Is on trial. Judge Ramsey has decided the case of the Seth Thomas Clock company vs. Cass county, for the county. The clock was bought from an agent named Wlckersham for 1381, and placed in the tower of the court house in 1892. As soon as Wlckersham drew the mon ey he left for parts unknown. The clock company lost the first suit, but upon appeal to the supreme court the decision was reversed and the case remanded. George Crouse and Philip McCuIllven, youngsters who live near the comer of Tenth and Nicholas streets, Omaha, were arrested by an exposition guaid and brought to the city Jail by Ser-, geant Hayes to be arraigned on the charge of incorrigibility. Inspired by the thrilling tales of yellow-back lit erature to emulate the deeds of men they read about, the lads ran away from home several weeks ago and jour neyed to the plains. Intending to sup port themselves by hunting game and to find amusement in the pursuit- of Indians. The pair penetrated the west as far as Fort Caspar, and finding i difficult to get anything to eat except by begging, they decided It wasn t so bad at home after all, and returned. Their arrest was the result of their hav ing broken Into a number of confec tionery stands at the exposition and stolen packages of gum and other sweetmeats. Crouse had In his posses sion a key which fits the stands and in the pockets of both boys confections were found. Hard luck fell to B. R. Lowrie. a for. mer railroad conductor, a few week! ago, and he was left a long way from home without a cent of money, a pass, watch or even a card. During the spring he left bis run out of Blue Fields, W. Va, on the Norfolk Western, and went out with relative on a ranch near Ewing, this state. He baa the ap pearance of a bright southern man at bottom, but apparently has suffered from iU Health. Lowrie left O'Neill en route to his home, and on the way to Omaha fell in with W. A. Stewart, man als wearing a button of one of the Order of Railway'' Conductors. The two 1m as aoHe (rtea dir. and Stewart Induced Lowrie to stay over in umana. Here he persuaded Lowrie to rent room, borrowed a half dollar from him, bought him drinks and the net that Lowrie knew be was coming out of a stupor in a saloon at Sixteenth and .Webster streets, with ail of his personal effects missing. When ueteetivea mi ten ell and Drumtny took the case, tbey ar rested Stewart C. Slmonoa, a Midway spieler who was at the saloon at the time .and a soortlng wosnan wis w supposed to be a friend to Stewart. Bat suspicion points to Stewart aJeae (or In his pockets were found -, Lewrie's passes, account books, earn eases, etc. which Stewart said bad been given him (or safe keeping. The watch was found la charge of the bartender and the $16 In money Jia not been denniteiy lo cated. Stewart has a half bushel of papers and traveling cards of one kind and another on mm, maae out in vari ous names, and wears several lodge and fraternal plna The police believe that he Is a ajlpoenr genUssaas who works bis (ace and winning voice for a living, and has In this case taken advantage ' of a man In an unfortunate condition. J COST Or MV1NO. An Investigation Into the comparative eoet of living at the virion European capitals resulted In the following facts: At Vienna the prices ef stoat articles of food art lowest; at Madrid they are dearer thaa la nay other oapttaL and sac things as bread, meat, sasjsr and sal are very expensive Indeed, At St. jjVtefWbnrg also the pries of bread I still asaillina a luxury above the sisasie of the working classes. Nest to VIosMsaTBisssils Is aa Inexpensive city; Paris Is a little higher Ja the seals, walls London Is still more expensive. As A siliaa snails ow a m reran $M a year for food, a Frenchman its, a tfetsaaa tv, a Spaniard SB, aa Italian 4 aad a Kaaataa . Of ateat the mattma onto Ms) asanas a year, the V few sjaaa It msjss, the Oilman M f js) v t tm.aa II pounds and the 1 - 11 per"- C4 bread the Amer f if ' 1 1 t rWKlg, the French - f f. .vt v.e.ssaaMsponos, i n '1 H the Italtaa N a -A t i ymb CI asanas, I a r Uses sfpsaoa, i i f , ryt St dais asp ( Ut t . ' ' 4 ,.l Several of the Pennsylvania iron and steel manufacturers have begun to cut wages again. Carpenters' union No. (1 of Columbus, O., has declared a boycott against the Ohio state fair on account of the em ployment of nonunion men on some of the buildings recently erected. The Building Trades Council and Cen tral Labor union, the two central labor bodies of Cleveland, O., are endeavoring to harmonize their differences and have appointed committees to adjust exist ing misunderstandings so that they Atlanta, Oa,, . pressmen have estab Ushed an out-of-work benefit. Kansas City organization have secur ed over 110.000 toward the erection of their new "Labor Temple.' Three thousand workmen on the ex tensions of the docks at Gibraltar have struck for higher wages, All boot and shoe factories at Quebec have been closed pending an adjust ment of the wage scale, which is to be fixed for one year. The national convention of the Elec trical 'Workers' union will meet a Pittsburg. Pa. About 200 delegates will be in attendance. Minneapolis clerks have secured an early closing agreement, the stores In terested opening at 7:30 a. m. and clos ing at 7 p. m. "It Is certianly coming to a fine point," says the St. Louis Compendium, "and to a dangerous point to the stabil ity of our republican form of govern ment, based on equality before the law, when the secretary of the Interior warns a labor organization that their assemblies are unlawful A Bellamy colony la to be started In New England. All the textile workers' unions in the country are voting on a proposition to amalgamate. Nebraska employers are attacking the law providing for a maximum of ten hours' labor and seats where women are employed. Women are being dis charged who demand that the law be observed "It is reported." says the Cleveland Citizen, "that when McKlnley arrived In Canton the Dueber-Haropden Watch company, a trust concern, gave its em ployes a half holiday at their expense, and some of them who refused to pa rade or criticised the blowout were dis charged forthwith. Now, will you be good 7" John Walton, a puddler at Erie. Pa., has filed a suit against the Amalga mated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, alleging that he was prevent ed and debarred by the Influence of the association from filling a remun erative position with the Illinois Steel company. The tlnplate trust has already closed the mills at Remington, Baltimore, West Newton, Blairsville and Cleveland, O., and it is said more are to follow. "Prob ably," says the Pittsburg Leader Trib une, "it py lew wages In the aggre gate now than it did before the scale advances." The Cleveland Citizen, In a recent Is sue, says: "McKinley's secretary of the Interior, with the taste of victory over organized labor In Idaho still In his mouth, has issued an order prohibiting the miners in Oklahoma from holding a public meeting to discuss their grlev- j ancee. The plutocratic McKlnley ad ministration Is certainly making a rec ord for itself in its attacks upon or ganized labor. According to a repwrt sent to the state department by Mr. Hagerman, secretary of the United States embassy at St Petersburg, the great Siberian railway Is to be rebuilt even before it Is completed. The reason given is the enormous Increase In the business of the road. The dally average of immigrants now landing in the United States is over J, 000, the bulk of whom come from southern Europe. The three chief changes recommend ed In the constitution of the Iron Mow ers' National union at the recent con vention were the provisions for a grad uated death benefit according to con tinuous years a membership, a more liberal application of the out-of-work feature and provision for the establish ment of conference boards. A financial statement just issued by Typographical Union No. ( of New Tork City ("Big Six") gives JS9.S92 as the receipts of the organisation from all sources during the past year. Of this sum $32,936 was expended in supporting unemployed members, 314.950 in death benefits, $14,131 in salaries and office ex penses. 13.463 for the "farm." $1,441 to hospitals and $2,423 for strikes. The headquarters of the International Bakers' union have been removed from Brooklyn, N. T.. to Cleveland. O. "Since the trouble largely originates in hostile organisations of men known as labor unions, I should suggest a law malting the formation of such unions or kindred societies a crime. Surely history furnishes argument sufficiently In favor of such a course. I am forced to believe that the only way to quell these disturbances Is by the aid of martial law a one-man power." The above philanthropic utterances are from General Merriam, who charges the governor of Idaho with being wholly responsible for the inhuman crimes committed at Wardner, with Merriam fen command of the federal troops. At Elwood. Ind.. the strike In the tin plate mills has been settled, the men returning to work pending adjustment. W. H. Evans, vice president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, whose discharge for vio lation of rules caused the strike, was not reinstated. In less than a year we will be In the throes of another presidential cam paign. We shall hear much of patriot ism, of pleas to hold up the hands of President McKlnley and Indorse his policy. Roosevelt wss elected governor on that twaddle, and It Is hoped to hoodwink the people sgaln. The Lord spsre the day wfcen this government is committed to military rule. McKinley's policy will bring Dreyfus episodes, com pulsory military rerviee ana oiner things foreign nd shhrrent to Amer ican ideas." Syracuse Labor World. Edward Hardemeyer of Kokomo, Ind., is the latest Inventor to discover a new A letter from Haxletoo. Pa, to the New Tork Tribune says: "The numer ous troubles in the upper belt of the great anthracite coal regions of East ern Pennsylvania recently Indicate a spirit of far-reaching unrest among the 75.000 or more workers in the hard coal country. Were it not for other matters before the people the situation among the miners' and their condition would enlist the Interest of a large section of the country. In a nutshell, the com plaint of the men is that the prosperous times nave missed them. Tbey declare that tbey are working for the same wages as In seasons of depression, and their efforts for some time have been directed to securing an advance. It must be said, in a general way, that re cently the miners have earned more money, but this Is entirely due to the fact that the working rime in the mines has been increased in oruer to stock up coal in anticipation of the winter de mand. The miners in every region have their grievance committees at work laying their complaints before their employers. The seats of the most seri ous troubles have been around Nantl coke. Glen Lyon, Duryea. Plltston,West Pittston, Carbondale, Plymouth and other parts of the Wyoming, Luzerne and Lackawanna Valleys, but in the Schuylkill, Hazletoo and Shamokin re gions the men, while they have not struck, have been equally active, first. to secure for themselves the right to organize, and, second, to get an in crease of pay on the ground that wages in general throughout the country are being advanced. Tbey say that the mines are shut down at unexpected times, that for months their earnings are small; that they should receive a part of the recent Increases which the coal companies made in the price of anthracite; that the times in the coal country have been getting harder since most of the Individual operators of the mines have been forced out of the bust nees, and that the big coal companies are driving anthracite to a large extent out of the market. The situation in a considerable part of the coal regions. inhabited by 600,000 people. Is not cheer ful. The miners are quietly but rapidly organizing. The United Mine Workers' union Is increasing in membership all throughout the upper bard coal coun try. At several mines they raised the Issue that none except uplon men be employed and won. The men have been holding long and enthusiastic meetings. National President John Mitchell or ndlanapolis and other national officers have aroused great interest by their recent visit. President Mitchell says that he is personally opposed to strikes and he favors them only as a last re sore. 'When they come,' he says, 'strike with telling effect, and until the last man falls. In the courts you can se cure neither Justice nor your rights.' Mr. Mitchell is of the opinion that the men can gain many concessions If they stand together. The Mine Workers' Un ion is strongly intrenched In Ohio, In diana, Western Pennsylvania and oth er states: It has thousands of members n eastern Pennsylvania and is grow ing rapidly. County organizers are vis iting the mining patches and starting branch unions. Everywhere they are urged to act as a unit." Fifteen hundred members of the Jour neymen House Painters' association are a strike in Philadelphia in conse quence of the failure of the Master Painters' association to sign the agree ment presented to them. The union asks an eight-hour work day at 35 cents an hour, time and a half for eztra work and double time for Sunday. The 'scale has been signed by 116 master painters, loO others refusing. The navy department is pushing with all haste the erection of the new mills at Indian Head, to be used in the man ufacture of smokeless powder. The group of buildings in the plant will number twenty-four, with a dally ca pacity of about 2,000 pounds of smoke less powder. Heretofore the government has had to purchase this material from private parties, and generally at ex orbitant rates. The boycott of the granite and free stone cutters against the material to be used in the new postoffice building at Chicago still continues, and the con tractors find It impossible to obtain men to do the work. The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers will publish an offi lal journal of their own. having re pudiated their organ, the Labor Trtb jne, which for years has been edited in :he interest of the republican party. A mammoth labor dlsplaeer has uruck terror into the hearts of Chi cago laborers. The big machine Is bor ing a sewer forty feet beneath the sur ,'ace of a prominent street faster than three gangs of bricklayers can lay the brick to Inclose the sewer. The ma chine requires but a 100-horse power engine, and Its work is wholly auto matic from the moving of Itself for- war das the excavation Is completed in front to the hauling away of the earth ind dumping it on the outside. By the :se of this device five men can do the .tork requiring hundreds in the old Tray. u il..c ia fax. ENTOMBED IN AN ARIZONA MINE. Only Snmmervllle, S. C (Special .) The only tea plantation In the United S;.t;t la at PinehursLa suburb ofSummerv After ten years of patient ezpeiimei.t It has been demonstrated that tea can Dr. C. U. Shepard, the owner of t Dr. C U. Shephard, the owner of t li- Mnehurst plantation, believes that tea can be grown at a fair profit in any of the cotton-producing states, and that within fifteen years there will be nun dreds of tea plantations scattered thro' the cotton belt. The yield at Plnehurtt In 1892 was 63 pounds. Last year it was 2.000 pounds, and this year it is exoect ed that the yield will not be less than 4,000 pounds. The yield to August Is was z.suo pounds. lhe Mnehurst gardens In all tea- growing countries plantations are call ed gardens cover 20 acres. Some of the gardens are producing, others are set out to young plants, and others are in the experimental stage. The first ex periments were such failures that Dr. Shepard thought seriously of abandon in gthe work. The plants were not hardy enough for this climate. Seeds of a hardier variety were secured, and later experiments were successful. One of the Plnehurst gardens is producing an average of five ounces of tea to the plant, which equals the Ceylon anc Indian average, and Is double that of Chinese and Japanese plants. A prom inent tea-grower of Ceylon, who visited Plnehurst, pronounced the tea grow n here equal to any in the world. One attraction for visitors to the Plnehurst gardens Is the foliage, which Is a deep, velvety green. One of the first problems to be solved here was the growing of tea In a di trict where the annual rainfall Is i Inches, while In tea-growing districts of the orient the fall varies from 80 to 120 Inches. The question of moisture Is a vital one. With an ample supply of water the plants thrive throughout the season. Ir. Shepard, therefore, un- d era rained his land, plowed deeply, stirring up and pulverizing the soil to a depth of eighteen Inches. Draining and deep cultivation have largely atoned for the difference in rainfall. Dr. Shepard originated a plan to set tie the labor question here. The gar dens are not large enough to retain a corps of pickers all the time, and he had great difficulty In getting pickers Just when they were needed. He built comfortable, well furnished school house at Plnehurst, secured a teacher and Invited the negro families who live in the vicinity to send the children to his school free of charge. The chil dren are taught all that can be learned In a primary school, and they also learn to pick tea. for which they receive fair pay. The parents of the children are de lighted with the pland and Dr. Shepard has no difficulty in securing all the pickers he requires when he needs tbtm fro mamong the pupils. The children require some Instruction In the art of picking, but soon become quite expert at the work. Only the delicate leaves are picked, for Ir. Shepard's Idea Is that the only mode of making a proflta able crop Is to market a superior qual ity. A smart boy or girl can pick 'M pounds of green leaves In ten hours, which, when cured, will make nv pounds of black Plnehurst tea. The cost of raising and setting out the tea seedlings varies from 125 to 110 an acre, according to whether they are raised from domestic or foreign seeds. The cost of putting the land in condition does not exceed that of fit ting It for any other expensive crop Seed from the Orient Is expensive for he reason that only one of four ship ments will germinate. The plants at Plnehurst bear the second year. The best Japanese tea Is said to be gathered from plants 200 years old. Dr. Shepard is of the opinion that plants In this country will bear for fifty years, at least perhaps a century. The factory where the tea is cured Is an interesting place. The first process Is to wither the green leaves. This Is done by spreading them on trays or on the floor so that every pound covers ten square feet of space. After the tea Is withered (a day Is usually required for the purpose), it loses Its crispness and crackle, and can be rolled without breaking. By rolling the oily cells In the leaf are broken up and the Juice is pressed to the surface, becoming foamy from the action of the air and con tinued rolling. An oxydation begins, which is prolonged by exposure to the air. rThe final - process of getting it ready for market is firing with hot air. Tombstone. Aria. (Special.) This Is the story of a brave man, whe was burled alive. He lived for nearly two days while entombed 300 feet below tbe surface of the earth, with thou sands of tons of debris above him. Too courageous to despair, be hoped almost against hope for rescue. Too Iron-will ed to give way to fear, be maintained a cheerfulness almost phenomenal dur Ing this ordeal, the horror of which cannot be surpassed by any other man' experience. He even so far controlled himself as to actually say to his resru ers when they had dus- within flftv teei or nis imprisoned body: "Take your time, boys." He was suffocated at tne end of thirty-six hours. without having uttered a complaint at the men tai and physical agony of his fate. surely this Is one of the most remark able Instances of manly fortitude ever recorded. The name of the hero was Richard nsher. He perished near Tombstone Ariz., victim of a cave-In of the Tran quility Mine, where he was worklne vv nen the crash came Fisher was In n old "slope" of the mine. Countlen tons of earth descended, carrying with them death and destruction, splintering the big mining timbers as though they were so many matches, and causing the grouna in that vicinity to tremble with the violence of the shock. Beneath this awful avalanche poor Fisher was caught. it seemed Impossible that he could have escaped Instant death, but the miners immediately went to the labor or rescuing their unfortunate comrade Dead or alive, they would search un til they found him. Alter aigging a larenuv for Kim hours they heard faint sounds comlne rrom me region which they had locat ed as poor Fisher's tomb and toward which they were working. Hope replac ed tne sadness in their faces, and they renewed their efforts with all possible ipeeo. Could they reach him before It was too late? Old and experienced handlers of the pick and drill were there, and vounr men full of vigor. When one worker fell out of the ranks from sheer exhaus tion another Instantly took his nlace Three hours more and tbey had exca vated through 20 feet more of earth. The next four hours brought them 30 feet nearer the doomed man, and then the cave-In ground was encountered. , Headway here waa tedious, because of the constantly running sand and dirt., whloh was removed as fast aa possible and "lagging" driven overhead to hold the superimposed weight The nearer the misers came the more distinct were the sounds from the en tombed miner. The men worked on in dlsperate excitement Twenty-four hours after the cave-in they came with in speaking distance of their comrade, now some fifty feet or so away. Fisher, who was a sturdy miner and a typical westerner, who knew not the meaning of fear, said In his familiar voire, by way of greeting: "Hello! boys; you are getting closer. Take your time." Asked If he was hurt, he assured hie comrades that he waa not seriously in jured, although badly cramped. Real izing that In underground workings It is especially hard to locate the direc tion of the human voice, one of the men asked Fisher to tap the wall with a rock that his exact whereabouts might be better traced. Then came an answer which showed the undaunted spirit and marvelous fortitude of the Imprisoned man: "I can't move; am pressed against the wall, with dirt up to my, shoulders: can't stir my hands or feet to make a sound; but have plenty of air and can hold out until you reach me." Three hours later Fisher said: "Boya. the loose dirt and sand have been run ning down on me continually and grad ually piling about my head, but I think I can hold out all right" At this the faces of his comrades grew pale. They knew that he waa being buried alive. Slowly the sand -... .. '...- . , . . v. u.ni.v. ,11 ,,I , Presently It reached his neck, crept to his chin, reached his lips and then his nostrils. ' At this supreme moment the workers wthout heard a sudden moan. Repeated calls failed to bring any re sponse. Fisher's soul had passed the portals of death, and a braver man never answered the final sumnons. Six hours later the miners reached his dead body. So compact and solid was the loose dirt about the Inanimate form that It required four hours of ceaseless labor to extricate It The funeral which followed was at tended by every miner in camp, and was the most Impressive one ever known In Tombstone. HOW A TEXAS RIOT WAS CHECKED. CUIUS HE IS ROT A PESSIMIST. LABOR AND INDUSTRY. Wheeling has thirty-two stogy fac toriea Edinburgh carpenters earn $1.76 per week. Twelve American cities own their ifas plants By a vote of 3,212 against 27$ the special convention of the National To bacco workers will not be held thia Call An order for 400 steel gondola cars for use on the Egyptian State railway has been received by the Pressed Cat company, McKee's Rocks. Pa. A good deal of machinery Is Idle at Fall River because weavers enough cannot be found. The chief difficulty Is In obtaining hands to work on fancy goods, The Brotherhood of Electrical Work ers meets In annual convention in Pitts burg Tuesday, October 17. About 20C t derates are expected to be In attendance. A new cotton spindle Is said to be itahl. nf rnnnlna? 9A SOA Mvnlndtfi. process ror iurmn rommra .r iow , per minute, and. if so, will indeed rev steel. Ifr. Hard merer Is stated to., ni...ini- k- m..i nmoa i, n - ' uiareu a suit: hiiu i uiviurnu Of n SSTe'hSSS ? sr.1 made br the1 n(S Birmingham, Ala., reports rt.5r2r iLiufl pig Iron at $11.60 per ton, with none to ised to msnnfacttire steel under tha Inventor's formula. . A Pittsburg paper states that Presi dent sj-hfrsh. f the Cemsale . Steel esmpany. has declared ia favor of aa eight-hour dsy for worklngmen. He sdvoeatso the enactment of aa eight hour law by the legislature and its strict swforcement by tha aathorlUsa. In the coast ruction of tne new Wood ms oswaty esart bowse, at Tales eCa ir, Kasu INata Labor Comsat sstoster BMSoaTW'.-sd ths sontrsetor that tha eato eftrht-fcoar lav weM fcsvre to aa that ha woW-l atuy par far stalrt hoars, tK J. aasjjr. 'spb spare to any but regular customers. Reports from Trenton, N. J., say that the potteries of that city were never so crowded with orders and business as they are at present Several of the pot teries have Increased their capaclty.but killed labor Is scares, which Is Inter fering with tha fall operatloa of the plants to sosse extent Skilled labor is la demand oa the water front at Saa Francisco. Ths last of transports now la port has created aa haansnse asaoant of work, aad la spaas aas machinists, bcllerssakers, ear saa tors aad painters are worfcUsg nifM aad day, Sundays and koiisays. Tne bolls rat shirs have hitherto been wefttag atae boars aa afeln work aai wttipf pa4d tar tan. Mow tkay -min1 aa si.M baar day wm ban boars' nay. Edward btarkham Says Ha la Simp ly In Earnest Philadelphia, Pa (Special.) Rd win Markham. who won fame by his "The Man With the Hoe." is visiting here at 20(1 Chestnut street, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fell. Mr. Markham, to a reporter, has con tided the history of his early struggles for khotrledge and the sources of his poetic Inspiration. "My earliest recollections," Mr. Mark ham said, "go back to the days when I was a shepherd boy on the California hills. I was 7 years old then. "When my mother gave up her sheep range I turned 'cowboy and learned the many tricks of the trade could throw a riata or ride a broncho with the best of them. Later I became a farmer and spent many months walking behind the plow, turning up the rich loam of the foothills and preparing it for the harvest Money that I earned In this way I Invested In books copies of tiry tnt, Tennyson, Thomas Moore and Webster's dictionary. "I derived much Inspiration from the works of Victor Hugo and from Carlyle and Ruskln. In poetry I was much at. traded by the passion of Shelley end by tbe Imaginative insights of Brown ing. Swinburne was another favorite of mine. "I am now engaged on a poem enti tled 'A Brief Against France.' I will also deliver fifty lectures this fall and winter through the New England and Middle states. I shall have several lit erary lectures, titles not yet decided upon, but my chief lecture will be The Man With the Hoe the Poem and the Problem.' "I will stay In Philadelphia for two or three days and then will return to New Torw to consult with the publish ers of my recent book of poems. I ex pect to come back to Philadelphia In about a month with the eipectatlon of making this city my permanent home." Mr. Markham waa asked whether he followed any especial method In writ ing his verse or whether be wrote ss tbe Inspiration came. "I feel a strong Impulse to express my deepest thoughts In life," he replied "Verse appeals to me as the most fit ting medium for the expression of those thoughts. I may say, too, that the verse not an end to me, bat only means to an end. "I bars been called a pessimist I r far from being one. I am simply in I study all the problems that raisnl to salvo ar offer a solution of the mo lira evils, such as tbe single to as whether tbey art to astro tha problem of ths During the great railroad strike of 1877, when there were rioting and blood shed In nearly every big railroad center in the country, and when the riots In Pittsburg took on the semblance of civil war. I waa serving as a member of Captain L. H. McNelly's company of Texas Rangers, says N. A. Jennings, historian of tbe Texas Rangers. When the rioting began to spread from one end of the country to the other, about twenty of the Rangers were In camp Just outside of San An tonio. We had ridden In triumph through the town, as ragged and des perate a looking body of men as It Is possible to Imagine, for we had been for months out on tbe plains where It was impossible to procure clothing Some of the men had hats without brims; others brims without crowns. All were armed with six-shooters, car bines and bowle knives. All were coal less. All were ragged. But despite our appearance, the people of Ban An tonio lined the sidewalks and cheered us to the echo aa we rode by. Captain McNelly, who had gone to San Antonio In advance of the men. waa scandalized at the idea of the Rangers making their first appearance In a civilized community In such a con dltlon. He had Intended that we should ride around the outskirts of the city to the place selected for our camp. We all had plenty of money and he Insist ed upon ua getting respectable clothing at the first opportunity, which we were more than glad to do. About a week after be went Into camp we learned late one afternoon that there was a possibility of a num ber of railroad strikers and their sympathisers would begin rioting. Some of tbe boys made up their minds that they would go Into town to see the fun, and they applied to Lieutenant Wright for permission. To their sur prise It was refused. The lieutenant said he had received orders from Cap tain McNelly to hold every man In camp. Just at dusk Captain McNelly drove out to camp In a buggy. Then we learned that the mayor of the city had asked him to assist the police In pre venting a riot. "I won't do that," said the captain, "for I will not be under the orders of any city policeman, but If you want the riot put down, I'll do It without as sistance," The mayor studied over this and finally agreed. Then the captain told us to saddle up. In five minutes every Ranger was mounted. "Boys," said the captain, "I wouldn't have one of those fellows In San An tonio killed or she; for anything. I have an Idea they're about three-quarters right, but we have been axked to keep them from rioting, and I want you to do It. They're congregating on the Main Plaza. Lieutenant Wright will lead you there. Just give a few yells and shoot In the air and I guess there won't be any riot. We started off on a trot and in half and hour were riding down the main street leading to the plaza When we got to within half a block of the place Wright yelled: "Come on, boys! Give It to em now!" With that he started on a full run and we all went after him. We burst on the plaza with a series of blood curdling yells, and one of two of the men fired their six-shooters Into the air. About a thousand men were on the plaxa when we reached It, but 30 seconds later we couldn't have killed a man If we had wanted to there wasn't one In sight. We dashed down a num ber of streets after the fleeing men. They took refuge In houses and wher ever they eould hide themselves. I gueas that riot's about over," said Lieutenant Wright to the chief of the San Antonio police, a little later, when the men were all together once more. If you need us again, send nut to camp. Forward, twos right msrch! An hour later we were back In camp and spreading our blankets on the ground to go to bed. Nothing more was heard of a riot In San Antonio. CONNUBIALITIES. A New Tork woman had her sweet heart arrested for theft and then mar ried him. In spite of the strict rules of celi bacy in the Amana colony two members fell In love and were married. The number of clergymen who as sist at a girl's wedding is not a certain measure of the difficulty of getting her married off. For fifteen years Herman Reder of New Tork had courted Jennie Bkaldow ski. The day was set but one day before it she married his younger brother. Sixty-four couples took advantage of a Michigan fair association's offer and were married free of charge. Some of them will probably be burled at the public expense. A Napoleon (O.) couple were married a few days ago, after an engagement which extended unbroken over a period of sixty years. The man Is (0 and the woman 72 years old. Who dare say that the age of chiv alry Is past? Two aspirants to the hand of an American beauty met in a photograph gallery in Eau Claire, Wis. Swords were conveniently hanging on the wall. They seised them, fought and one of tbe gallants fell, bathed In blood. The ordinary French editorial duel is not to be compared with this. FRILLS OF FASHION The popular plaids have found their way Into handsome neck scarfs of silk. A pretty bow of velvet for the hair Is more chic and has more style If a piping of white satin or silk Is stitched on the edge. A velvet ribbon aa inch and a half wtde, with a piped edge, la very attractive. The great dragon flies or darning nee. dies for tbe hair, larger than life and much more brilliant with their blue and green gauze wings, should be used for summer rather than' winter decorations. Virginia Tyler Hudson Is the omhan .L.. " l. " r2.Z daughter . of an old Kentucky ' family. , ron .Tan'oTnfo Tr verv hleh and flarlne. She la a lineal descendant of President Tyler, tha oldest daughter of the Hud sons always bearing the Tyler name She was poor, but proud aad Indenend. ent aad she came from Louisville sl months ago to earn her bread by her pen. She has been associated with the Chicago Record. Anaud A Advanl Is the oldest son of a millionaire banker and laslgo merchant Aleetlnsr Advanl of Bombay. He la a Brahmin and hi family have lived for (00 years In the Hyderabad presidency of Bombay. He has been traveling In Canada and tbe United States on a pleasure trio, and he oecame a guest at a Chicago hotel last week. Miss Hudson mat htm in the osurse of bar professional duties. He as snraptnrad with bar beauty and waa teocbed by bar misfortune. He waaad ber for three days with the fer vor of bis race aad the chivalry of a aiga-oreo gontiemsn. Tuesday laax. in aosordanos with the custom of bis casta, ha exchanged letters of betrothal with tha girt bo had won. tha letters bisa thing mntual devotion. Ha will Cinderella aw ande very high and flaring. Increasingly great Is ths rage for lace appliques In black, white and deep cream color, used In elegant gowns, capes, jackets, fancy waists, aad ia high -class millinery for tha winter. The receipt (or making a hat thia year seems to be about the earns aa for last seasontake any old thing and put it together In any old way. Cloth, silk, velvet ribbons and gauzes are piled together Indiscriminately an bat frames. There are many cat steel buttons aad) ornaments for tha waist, but asaong the latest and most popular buckles are large, round medallions showing da signs In beads, many ef them most ar tistlo in design. Tbey come in gold, othnsr aad enanssl and occasionally cameo beads are sot In tha metal. Barrings of every shape and variety. from the gypsy hoop stjia tat with dta to tha sUv pte near! and oars screw aattera. are again displayed by tha jewelers, bat M M to be hoped that this goat sat tafl- aato a return to tha ana of aa it . 6 fa, i ' '